AchHist 15, 130 (P404850)
Legal, Neo-Babylonian, Borsippa · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | AchHist 15, 130 |
|---|---|
| ID | P404850 |
| Museum no. | BM 082611 + BM 082621 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Legal |
| Find spot | Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) |
| Coordinates | 32.3924, 44.3434 |
English translation
By ORACC project borsippa · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] 11–55 | Oxherd prebend in Ezida, [temple of Nabû, four days]: days 25, 26, 27, 28 of months I, IV, VII and X - 4 days of the days owned by Nabû-nādin-šumi/Nabû-bēlšunu/Rē’i-apli. |
| Obverse [5:11] 66–1111 | Nabû-nādin-šumi/Nabû-bēlšunu/Rē’i-apli declared 2 m of block silver as its purchase price with Rēmūt-Gula/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Rē’i-alpi, and he bought it for its full price. |
| Obverse [10:15] 1111–1515 | Nabû-nādin-šumi/Nabû-bēlšunu/Rē’i-apli received in total 2 m of [silver, the price of the] oxherd [prebend in Ezida, temple of Nabû], the price of [his prebend], the entire amount, from Rēmūt-Gula/Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ/Rē’i-alpi. |
| Obverse [15:18] 1616–1818 | [He is paid], he is quit, he shall not have a claim. They will not come back on the matter, they will not charge each other (in court). |
| Obverse [18:29] 1919–2929 | Whenever, in future days, among the brothers, sons, family, relatives, and kin of the house of Rē’i-alpi somebody will stand up to dispute, change, or litigate the matter of this prebend – when a person will say: “This prebend was not sold, the silver was not given” – the claimant of that prebend will pay back the silver that he received twelve times. |
| Obverse [26:28] 2727–2828 | At the sealing of this tablet: |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | Before Nabû-ahhē-bulliṭ//Basia, the šākin-ṭēmi of Borsippa; |
| Obverse [28:30] 2929–3030 | before Nabû-šumu-iškun//Ilia, the šatammu of Ezida. |
| Obverse [29:34] 3030–3434 | In the presence of Itti-Marduk-balāṭu/Nabû-ṭēmu/[FN], Nabû-kāṣir/Nabû-[x/FN], Nabû-aplu-iddin/[PN/FN], [one name lost]. |
| Obverse [33:34] 3434–3434 | [Scribe: name lost]. |
| Obverse [34:36] 3535–3636 | Borsippa, Nbp [04]-III-04. |
| Obverse [36:37] 3737–3737 | Fingernail of Nabû-nādin-šumi, impressed instead of his seal. 1 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [GIŠ].ŠUB.BA {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu E₂.ZI.[DA E₂ {d}AG] | |
| 2 | 4 UD-MEŠ] UD 25-KAM UD 26-KAM UD 27-KAM UD 28-KAM | |
| 3 | ša₂ {iti}BARA₂ {iti}ŠU {iti}DU₆ u {iti}AB | |
| 4 | 4 UD-MEŠ i-na UD-MEŠ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU | |
| 5 | A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ki-i 2 MA.NA KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.PAD.DU it-ti | |
| 7 | {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu A {lu₂}SIPA.[GUD-MEŠ] | |
| 8 | {m}re-mut-{d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB-ME-TIN | |
| 9 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD KI.LAM im-be₂-e-[ma] | |
| 10 | [i]-šam ana ši-me-šu₂ gam-ru-tu | |
| 11 | PAB 2 MA.NA [KU₃.BABBAR ŠAM₂ GIŠ.ŠUB.BA] | |
| 12 | {lu₂}SIPA-u₂-tu [E₂.ZI.DA E₂ {d}AG ...] | |
| 13 | ina ŠU-MIN {m}re-mut-{[d}gu-la A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-PAB-ME-TIN] | |
| 14 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD {m}{d}AG-na-[din-MU A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-EN-šu₂-nu] | |
| 15 | A {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ŠAM₂ [GIŠ.ŠUB.BA-šu₂] | |
| 16 | KU₃.BABBAR ga-mir-ti ma-hir [a-pil] | |
| 17 | za-ki ru-gum-ma-a ul i-[ši] | |
| 18 | ul i-tur-ru-ma a-na a-ha-meš | |
| 19 | ul i-rag-gu-mu ma-ti-ma ina EGIR UD-MEŠ | |
| 20 | ina ŠEŠ-MEŠ DUMU-MEŠ IM.RI.A ni-su-ti sa-lat | |
| 21 | ša₂ E₂ {lu₂}SIPA.GUD ša₂ E₁₁-ma ina UGU GIŠ.ŠUB.BA | |
| 22 | šu-a-tu₄ i-dab-bu-bu in-nu-u₂ u₂-paq-qa-[ru] | |
| 23 | um-ma GIŠ.ŠUB.BA šu-a-ti₃ ul na-din-ma | |
| 24 | KU₃.BABBAR ul ma-hir i-qab-bu-u₂ | |
| 25 | pa-qir-a-nu GIŠ.ŠUB.BA šu-a-tu₄ KU₃.BABBAR im-hu-ru | |
| 26 | [a]-di 12-ta i-ta-nap-pal | |
| 27 | ka-nak {im}DUB šu-a-ti | |
| 28 | ana IGI {m}{d}AG-PAB-ME-TIN A {m}ba-si-ia {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ {lu₂}GAR.UŠ₄ BARA₂.SIPA{ki} | |
| 29 | ana IGI {m}{d}AG-MU-GAR{un} A {m}DINGIR-ia {lu₂}ša₃-tam E₂.ZI.DA | |
| 30 | IGI {m}KI-{d}AMAR.UTU-TIN A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-ṭi-im [A x-x] | |
| 31 | IGI {m}{d}AG-ka-ṣir A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}{d}AG-[x A x-x] | |
| 32 | IGI {m}{d}AG-A-MU A-[šu₂ ša₂ {m}x A x-x] | |
| 33 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 34 | {[lu₂}DUB.SAR {m}x] A-šu₂ ša₂ {m}[x] | |
| 35 | [A x-x] BARA₂.SIPA{ki} {iti}SIG₄ [UD 4-KAM] | |
| 36 | MU 4-[KAM] {m}{d}AG-A-URU₃ LUGAL TIN.TIR{[ki]} | |
| 37 | ṣu-pur {m}{d}AG-na-din-MU GIM {im}DUB-šu₂ | |
| 38 | tu₂-da-a-ti |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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